Country Garden

My card today has been sat on my desk for the past week stamped but not coloured. So I grabbed the pencils this morning and I've now finished it ready to go and join in with the challenge over at Stamping Sensations this month which is In An English Country Garden. I've used stamps from Hobby Art to build my scene using two different sets. I do like using Hobby Art for building scenes the stamps sets just seem to go together so easily, you could take stamps from several sets and they would still look great together.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

NBUS Challenge - Pencils On Craft Card

Darnell has a NBUS challenge over on her blog at the moment where she is asking for people to use coloured pencils on craft card. I must admit that I have a large pile of craft card which I seldom use and have also been meaning to try this technique for sometime. The stamp is a Hobby Art stamp that was a stamp of the month in November that I just had to have, but had not used it yet. I stamped onto the craft card using Versamark and white embossing powder, then coloured using Spectrum Noir pencils, I added some very light grey around the outside of the image to give it a bit of a shadow. I then mounted onto some matching card before putting onto a shaped craft card base. Now that it's finished I have to say that I love the effect and don't know why I haven't done this before, I'm sure that it won't be my last.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Turkey Anyone?

I realised this morning that the card that I posted yesterday I also meant to link into the Stamping Sensations Challenge as well. As I had forgotten I made this one to enter instead (that's the good thing about Christmas cards, you can never have to many). I bought this stamp in a set earlier this year after seeing them on TV, they are from Hobby Art, I had popped them into the cupboard and almost forgot about them.  I stamped the image in Onyx Black and then coloured using pro markers, mounted onto some green card stock then onto a 5x5 card base. I love the sentiment that came with this stamp set too, the C word must have every Turkey in the land quaking at the moment.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comment which are always appreciated.

Sue

Hobby Art Bird Song

Hubby arrived home yesterday evening after a wet but enjoyable weekend of golf, with a bag full of damp clothes (guess who gets to sort it all out). This card is one of the cards that I managed to make over the weekend while he was away. I used the Hobby Art Bird Song stamp set for this and coloured the birds to look like blue tits. I used versamark Black Onyx ink to stamp the images and then coloured in using Spectrum Noir pencils. Then it was mounted onto some navy blue card and a 6x6 card base.

I'm off now to see if I can get some of this washing dry before the rain moves in today. Thanks for taking the time to stop by and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

A Highland Cow

In my last post I told you that I had two cards to make for hubby's Nephews, who's birthday are at the beginning of March. This is the second card made, very similar to the first only this time I used a stamp from Hobby Art, where this stamp is part of the February stamp of the month. I've coloured the image with pencils, mounted onto a brown scalloped oval and then onto a 5x5 card base. Just a quick post today as I'm off out with hubby this morning.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

In The Country

I've been playing with some new stamps that I bought from Create and Craft the other week, the Old Barn set from Hobby Art and also the Aqua pens from Crafters Companion. I stamped onto some watercolour card using an Archival Black ink pad. This is where I found out that not all watercolour card is the same. I've had some floating about in my cupboard for sometime, I've used it to make backing papers quite successfully. However my first attempt with the Aqua pens on this was awful and the colour did not want to move around as it should. So knowing that I had some of the Crafters Companion watercolour card in the cupboard I sorted it out and started again. This time it worked fine and I liked the results. When it was dry I mounted the scene onto some grey card stock. I then embossed a piece of silver centura card that I had in an embossing folder and then gently rubbed some pebeo Renaissance Gold gilding wax onto the raised areas and mounted this onto an 8x8 card base. Then finally I added the Happy Birthday from Tonic, cut one in silver and then again in a bronze colour to match the embossed background.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - Trees - Week 1

A new month and a new challenge over on the Craft A Scene blog. This month we would like to see your scenes include trees. For my scene I've used mainly stamps from Stamp Addicts to create this scene of the English countryside, which shows how the land is broken up with hedgerows and trees. I decided to make it an Autumnal scene showing trees that have lost their leaves, evergreen trees, and hedgerows that have their leave turning. Very often in the Countryside around the area which I live you will often see deer grazing, so I've popped a couple into the fore ground of my scene. These stamps were from Hobby Art. I coloured the whole scene with pencils and finished by going around the edge of the card with a Gold pen, before popping onto a 6x6 green card base. I do hope you'll take the time to pop over to the challenge blog and take a look at the wonderful inspiration the DT has made for you this month.

Thanks for taking the time to look and you kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - Week 3 - Autumn Splendour

After being a few hours late with my post last time for the Craft A Scene challenge blog, I thought I had better be on time this week. I started my card with some white card stock and coloured the bottom with a green distress ink and the top with an Orange and yellow. The stamped some trees in the background of my scene, these were from Stampin Up, Lovely As A Tree set.  These I coloured with distress markers to give the appearance of autumn leave on the trees and the ground underneath. Also from the same set are the oak leaves which I stamped into each of the bottom corners and again coloured with distress markers. The walking figures are from Stampscapes, the birds from one of the Hobby Art sets and the sentiment also from Stampscapes. I then ran a black marker pen around the outside of the card to give the appearance that it had been matted before popping the finished scene onto a 6x6 craft card base. I do hope that you have time to pop over to the challenge blog and take a look at the wonderful cards the DT has made for your inspiration this week.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.
I'm off now to play with my new goodies that I bought at Ally Pally yesterday.

Sue

Craft A Scene - Week 5 Let It Be Spring

Over at the Craft a Scene blog we are asking you to show us your cards with scenes that show spring is on it way. Along with daffodils and crocus's poking their heads through the ground, another sign for me is seeing the baby lambs in the fields around the countryside. For my card this week I've used stamps from Hobby Art, they have such a lovely range that allows you to build up your scenes. I started at the back and built my scene coming forward, by placing the hills and cottages first then the fields and hedgerows and finally the sheep. I used aqua pencils to colour it all in, before placing onto some black card. I then made a backing paper, starting with white card and stamping the primrose head of flowers from the Chocolate Baroque April Fairy range. I used scattered straw distress ink for the stamping and also for distressing the edges. I then placed some matching ribbon across the middle before mounting onto some more black card, finally I placed it onto a white A5 card base. I hope you can pop over to the Craft A Scene blog and take a look at the wonderful inspiration the DT has made.

Thank you for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene Week 3 - Let It Be Spring

Nothing says springtime to me more than to see the Daffodils opening their yellow heads to the sun. There are plenty about along the roadsides and in the gardens now, which is why I decided to use them on my card this week. I started with the Daffodil stamp which is from Chocolate Baroque and the masked them off while I overstamped with stamps from Hobby Art to create this Cottage in the Country scene. I then coloured it in using Aqua coloured pencils, before mounting onto matching card. So far I've not added a sentiment, but it looks to me like it would make an ideal New Home Card.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - Winter Scene

I'm back again for the second time today, this time with my Craft A Scene hat on. As it's the first of the month it's time for a new challenge. We had lots of gorgeous card to look at last month. This month we are asking for your Winter Scene's also with the option of making it a Tri Shutter card. The information for this will be on the blog. For my card I used stamps from Hobby Art, I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and then added the colour using watercolour pencils. Mounted the scene onto some silver mirri card and then stamped the sentiment with versamark and embossed with silver embossing powder. The rest of the DT have made some beautiful scenes for your inspiration this month, I hope you can pop over to the blog and take a look.

I'm also going to enter this into the following challenges:

Ladybug Crafts - Christmas/Winter
Stamping Sensations - Free and Easy
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
 Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue